The art of squeezing better benefits from annual accounts
FINANCE

The art of squeezing better benefits from annual accounts

By Jonathan Flowers | 20 August 2024

Jonathan Flowers sets out the three things annual accounts need to provide assurance on, and says section 151 officers need to put more resources into securing councils’ financial future

BIRMINGHAM

Questions raised over Brum's decision to issue s114

By William Eichler | 19 August 2024

A call has been made for an investigation into the issuing of Birmingham City Council’s section 114.

DIGITAL

Audit warning over councils' digital ambitions

By Martin Ford | 15 August 2024

Councils are taking risks as they turn to technology to ease financial pressures, Audit Wales has...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

A forum first for the Midlands

By Michael Burton | 14 August 2024

Following the success of its 24-hour forums in the South and North of England The MJ’s first Futu...

FINANCE

No decision on whether ARGA will cover local audit

By Dan Peters | 30 July 2024

The new Government has yet to make a decision on how it will fix local audit in the longer term, ...

AUDIT

Audit Wales tells councils to improve performance information

By Emily Twinch | 30 July 2024

Councils in Wales are not giving enough information to leaders about what their communities think...

AUDIT

Lessons from recent auditors' annual reports

By Guy Clifton | 24 July 2024

Guy Clifton looks at the lessons from nearly 100 recent auditor’s annual reports and highlights t...

FINANCE

Time for a frank debate on funding

By Heather Jameson | 23 July 2024

Heather Jameson talks to the new chief of CIPFA Owen Mapley about having hard things to say to t...

IMPROVEMENT

Intervention shift signalled with plans to boost watchdog

By By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2024

The new Government is to change its tone on local government intervention – with a possible push ...

FINANCE

'Nothing should be off the table' – CIPFA chief

By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2024

Abandoned Conservative policies for fixing local government finance should remain on the table, t...

AUDIT

Rise in sustainability and governance weaknesses

By Martin Ford | 12 July 2024

Weaknesses in councils’ financial sustainability and governance are increasing, according to evid...

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